Guesthouse Chiang Mai, Thailand

1 week Joy’s House Chiang Mai

Tradition and Culture around Chiang Mai 7 days/6 nights in Joy’s House with overnight, breakfast, dinner and program

1 Day: Welcome at Chiang Mai Airport We are waiting for you at the airport. Warm welcome at Joy’s House, Learn about our family, relax at the swimming pool, learn your first words in Thai, enjoy our delicious Thai meal and have a good sleep.

2 Day: Bicycling, Market and cooking course (our traditional village) We will guide you by bicycle through the village. You will get Local market experience and help to buy herbs, vegetable and ingredients for dinner. Take your time to visit the village temple; maybe you want to sit there for a while. Lunch: the best local noodle soup. Enjoy your time at the pool. If you would like, we invite you to learn how to cook the real Northern Thai Dinner with a member of our family. Enjoy Dinner with the family

3 Day: Temple, Markets and the old cityof Chiang Mai We will guide you to the local interesting places of Chiang Mai. You will see the markets and the old famous temples. You will get close with traditional Thai life. Enjoy lunch in a local Thai restaurant. Afternoon we will have a boat trip. The boat will drop us near Joy's House.

4 Day: Children’s Shelter Foundation: A day about nature and social work Transport to the beautiful place in the northern forest – Children’s Shelter Foundation. The children of our social project are waiting for you. First they will teach you some words in sign language, because some of them are deaf and mute. They will show you our big organic farm, their school and the whole area. How to survive in the jungle? The children will take you on a trip and show you, that our jungle is a restaurant. Back again, you can take a rest at our wonderful Lotus Lake or you cook dinner with us with the ingredients from the jungle and from our farm. It’s possible to take a bath at the hot springs. After dinner we drive back to Joy’s House.

5 Day: Elephant Camp and big Temple Cave We will visit beautiful nature and spent the morning with Elephants. Feed them and play with them. Elephant riding is included. You will also enjoy calm bamboo rafing on the River beside. This trip is including lunch.

6 Day: Relax at our beautiful Lake and visit Doi Suthep Temple. .

Relax at a beautiful Lake, where Thai people spent their free time and get a local food experience. You will enjoy your small hut directly at the water and if you like, you can go to swim. At sunset we will visit the famous temple Doi Suthep on the mountains top. You will have an unforgettable view over Chiang Mai.

7 Day: Say good bye After breakfast you have the opportunity to relax at the pool. Or you just make a walk through the village. To say goodbye we will bring you to the airport or to any place in Chiang Mai.